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Fan Zeng (Frank)
Portrait of Fan Zeng (Frank) wearing glasses and a dark suit in an office

About me

Fan Zeng (Frank)

PhD Researcher in Applied Artificial Intelligence

Institute of Visual InformaticsUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

I focus on agentic and contextual speech AI, with a goal of building accessible, efficient, and privacy-preserving on-device speech recognition for real-world clinical consultations, especially for older adults.

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Research focus

Agentic & Context-AwareSpeech AI

  • Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)
  • Low-resource & Domain Adaptation
  • Agentic Model Optimization
  • On-device & Edge AI
  • Clinical Speech Technology
  • Older Adults & Inclusive Technology
  • Human–Computer Interaction
  • AI Product Design
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Agent Design

Highlights

Education

  1. PhD in Applied Artificial Intelligence

    Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) · Institute of Visual Informatics (IVI), Malaysia

    Supervisor: Dr. Chaw Jun Kit

    Oct 2026 – Jan 2029 (expected)

  2. Master of Applied Computing

    Taylor's University, Malaysia

    Apr 2024 – Apr 2025

  3. Bachelor of Engineering in Internet of Things Engineering

    Hunan University of Arts and Science, China

    Mar 2021 – Jun 2022

  4. Diploma in Embedded Software Development

    Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology, China

    Sep 2016 – Jun 2019

Selected Professional Development

  1. Tsinghua i-Space Innovation & Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

    Tsinghua University, Shenzhen Graduate School

    Intensive training in innovation, entrepreneurship, business model development, and startup project practices.

    Official opening report

  2. Industrial Internet & Advanced Manufacturing Training Program

    South China University of Technology · Guangdong Department of Industry and Information Technology

    Professional training focused on industrial digital transformation, manufacturing innovation, and enterprise technology applications.

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    Original Chinese completion certificate for Fan Zeng, issued by the School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, for the 2020 industrial Internet and advanced manufacturing training programme.
    Certificate of completion · School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology · 5 November 2020 (Chinese original).
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Experience

  1. Senior Product Director | AI Product & R&D

    Oleap Technology International Limited / Shenzhen Huangli Technologies Co., Ltd.

    Aug 2022 – Jul 2026

  2. Project Manager

    Tencent

    Mar 2022 – Aug 2022

  3. Founder & Product / Project Manager

    Shenzhen YouHua Software Development Co., Ltd.

    Sep 2019 – Feb 2022

  4. Co-founder & General Manager

    Shenzhen Jiyu Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.

    2018 – 2019